The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”), part of the U.S. Department of Labor, continues to update guidance for employers regarding protection of employees from exposure to COVID-19. Despite their best intentions, many employers have struggled to adapt to the
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CMS launches website intended to assist hospitals in complying with the price transparency requirements effective January 1, 2021
By Russell Kott
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in its 2020 outpatient prospective payment system final rule requires hospitals to publicly post standard charge information beginning January 1, 2021. On September 30, CMS launched a website intended to assist hospitals in…
Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP Leads Conversation with PE Leaders Re the Future of Healthcare
On September 22, 2020, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP and Ernst & Young LLP held their 5th Annual Health Care Private Equity Conference. As with most other conferences this year, this event was hosted virtually. NRF Partner Warren J. Nimetz,…
COVID-19 Update: U.S. Surpasses 200,000 Fatalities; CDC Releases Holiday Guidelines
This past week the United States surpassed the grim milestone of 200,000 COVID-19 deaths and seven million cases of COVID-19. The spread of the virus has altered the way we work, live, and play around the world and will soon…
CMS Withdraws Proposed Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Rule
On Monday, September 14, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) Administrator Seema Verma announced on Twitter that CMS was withdrawing the proposed Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Rule (“MFAR”) from its regulatory agenda.
The MFAR, which was proposed in…
President Trump Signs Most Favored National Executive Order
President Trump signed a controversial Executive Order on September 13, 2020 entitled Executive Order on Lowering Drug Prices by Putting America First with the intention of tying drug costs paid by the Medicare program to the costs borne by countries…
COVID-19 Update: Biopharmaceutical Executives Release Joint Statement on Vaccine
Chief executive officers of nine biopharmaceutical companies signed an unprecedented joint pledge, entitled BIOPHARMA LEADERS UNITE TO STAND WITH SCIENCE, acknowledging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (“FDA”) role in the development of a COVID-19 vaccine, and pledging to:…
CMS Publishes Proposed Rule on Medicare Coverage for Innovative Technologies
On September 1, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published a proposed rule that would establish a new Medicare coverage pathway, Medicare Coverage of Innovative Technology (“MCIT”), for medical devices that are designated by the Food and…
CMS Issues FY 2021 IPPS and LTCH PPS Final Rule
On Wednesday, September 2, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the FY 2021 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long Term Acute Care Hospital (LTCH) final rule. The final rule is scheduled to be published…
COVID-19 Update: CMS Updates Conditions of Participation for Hospitals and CAHs to Require COVID-19 Reporting
On Tuesday, August 25, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released an interim final rule that updates the Medicare Conditions of Participation to require all hospitals to which 42 CFR Part 482 applies, as well as critical…